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- “i'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been,”Message Me - 21:17, June 24, 2017 (UTC)

Having placed Ignazio in his room, there was no risk of that exposure yet, to ruin her fun. The newly-found brunette locks she'd adopted after having run into trouble in Germany, too, were quite fun to sport - and she wanted to make use of them one more time before she went back to the same old. It was quite cold in the courtroom, as it had not been in Germany, so her...summer wear proved to be quite regrettable. "Still around, are you?"

He had been sitting at one of the chairs staring a magical photo of himself and Alex before she had to leave. He didn't recognize the woman so he stared at her. "Yes? Who are you? I don't believe we've met. I assume you're a new recruit?"

- “i'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been,”Message Me - 08:59, June 25, 2017 (UTC)

So he hadn't noticed; good, she'd done her job well - the accent that had gone neutral before, during these last five or so months in Germany, had come back as strong as it had ever been (frustratingly) but, hopefully she'd settle back into the old ways soon enough. "I suppose you could say that now," she replied, noticing the photo in his hand and smiling a little (how cute), "if Mattie gets her way about it."

He blinks a bit confused as to why she would say that. Why would that bitch want this chick to be a new recruit... he's econfused and trying to work through it for a few more seconds before it dawns on him. "Alex? Sweetheart is that actually you?"

- “i'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been,”Message Me - 16:51, June 25, 2017 (UTC)

Her face fell a little bit before she grinned - it was unfortunate the ruse was over so soon, but what could she do? "Your cleverness is too much for my acting ability, it seems," Alexandrine hummed, leaning against the doorway. "If you do want to slap me before you kiss me, go ahead - and try, anyway. I've been twice the bitch I usually am, and even then I'd assume that's nothing on Mattie."

Mathilde and Harold

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 21:52, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

The ringleader's sister enters the meeting room, silently observing with a half-smirk, eyes surveying every corner for anything interesting - and, finding nothing, smirked a little more. This was her sister's place? She had, for sure, expected something...more. And she'd have expected it to be harder to get in here, considering what kind of place it is, and that nobody knows her.

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 22:04, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

Her hand rests jauntily on the handle of her wand in her pocket, one eyebrow raised and the self-same Himmelreich smirk pulling at the edges of her lips. A few seconds were spent watching him silently, the next few biting back laughter at the American accent - yes, this could only be him. "I don't think you want to do that," she says, pulling her hair across one shoulder. "Bist du der Liebe meiner Schwester... der Amerikaner...? Schade, nicht das schärfste Werkzeug im Schuppen hat, aber was kannst du tun, hm?"

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 22:31, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

She tilts her head at the sound of German, thoughtful. "Oh, so you do speak German...I suppose that much must be given to your credit." A few moments' pause came at his expense. "I can see that, honey, I believe we do both have eyes. And while I don't doubt that my sister's attractiveness made you monogamous, I'm afraid 'only one sister' is where you're wrong. She only has one sister she's told you about is more to the point, since we haven't exactly gotten along these past few years." Mathilde picks at her nails, not even observing the wand. "But since 'Big Sis Rine' was in such a state when she arrived on my doorstep with her som to ask me a favour...I could hardly refuse. She thinks your worried letters are sweet, by the way, but she's on some motherly conquest in interest of Ignazio's safety or whatever. So, all things considered, including the fact I'm your girlfriend's flesh and blood, I'd put that wand away pretty fast. And also - I'm the one link you have to both your lover and your son right now, so all I can say is..." The way she walks forward to close the gap between them is so reminiscent of Alexandrine you could well mistake the two, until there's centimetres between them and she's close enough to whisper. "...Handle with care."

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 23:03, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Wasn't hard, was it?" She didn't step back; close was confrontational, and confrontation was how she lived and breathed. "My sister asked me to come here and make sure everything didn't go wrong while she's off on her self-righteous search for maternal safety," she hummed. "Why she ran out on you without saying anything I don't know, but she has always been a little crazy, so, there's nothing we can do about that right now, Rine did have her little problems she never liked facing. Anyway...my birth name's Mathilde, but my last name will do just fine if you have difficulty adjusting to change and need a little familiarity. Here's her 'love letter' - oh, no, I haven't read it, a business girl like me has no time for sob stories - it probably tries to legitimise her running off or something ridiculous like that. If you find me a little brisk, you're going to have to get used to the tempo, because it probably also mentions how her...what does she call me 'blonde bitch' of a sister likes to get things done. Anyway, with all that considered, I'm told there are more familial acquaintances to be made in this castle - other children of my father's."

He took the letter from her. "Yes. There are..." he says slowly. He didn't like where this was going. "But let me make one thing clear... you will answer to me. I have the loyalty of the Alliance, you will not get anywhere without me."

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 23:17, May 18, 2017 (UTC)~

"Before you start asserting anything I'd read the letter. I'm here to do what my sister wants - and if my sister wants something I will get it done. She knows she owes me if, when, she gets back, so...I'll do anything if you trade enough favours, it's all about gaining rather than losing. Anyway, knowing my sister, she'll have made it quite plain what she wants out of this...considering how literal you are about what you're told, it shouldn't be a problem, should it?" She smiles (clearly fake, but nonetheless).

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 23:43, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

"At the end of the day, it's hers, isn't it? Although not really, we know the one she really answers to is my father, which is where we differ. I was never an eager-to-please daddy's girl, perhaps I've just always had a spine..." She tucks a stray hair behind her ears. "Doing as my sister wants is in the interest of all of us, unfortunately. If she walks back through that door and the slightest thing is out of place...you've never seen her angry, have you?" She sighs. "Perhaps that's for the best, she doesn't want you knowing what's inside that head of hers. I know I wish I'd never found out. But the points stand that a) what my sister wants is in that letter, and b) I'm the only chance in hell you have of getting her back here. The truth's bitter and hard to swallow. Kind of like pills. But the problem with both is that you either swallow or choke."

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 23:59, May 18, 2017 (UTC)

"Oh, I know that, honey, so is my sister. Playing nice doesn't get you places and the sooner people learn that, the better off they are." Mathilde steps back just a little, to get perspective. "And if you thought my sister was hell in five inch heels...well..."

- “you knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,”Message Me - 00:36, May 19, 2017 (UTC)

"That's all I ever wanted, I think you'll find," she said, faux-cheerfully, "and as for the dislike, that's in the past. Rine and I are too alike for hatred, neither of us would ever admit 'mea culpa'."

"You're nothing like my wife," he says shouldering past her. "I'm only putting up with you because you're the only way I have of getting in contact with her. I'm not making promises for the rest of the Alliance," he says walking off towards his room